Family tree Plugboer » Otto Wit (1836-1904)
Personal data Otto Wit
- He was born on March 21, 1836 in Broek op Langedijk.
- Profession: Landbouwer.
- He died on April 15, 1904 in Broek op Langedijk, he was 68 years old.
- A child of Jan Wit and Aaltje Houtkoper
Household of Otto Wit
He is married to Grietje Wagenaar.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Neeltje Wit 1864-1874
- Grietje Wit 1872-1953
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Birthday March 21, 1836
- The temperature on March 21, 1836 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig dampig. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 25 » Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
- April 22 » Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity.
- May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- June 16 » The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
- September 5 » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- December 28 » South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
Day of death April 15, 1904
- The temperature on April 15, 1904 was between 11.0 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
- July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
- November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
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